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A federal court dismissed a lawsuit from the Department of Water and Power that contested what it needed to mitigate in the Owen's Lake. Omar Omar/Flickr

Good morning, readers. Welcome to the Maven's Morning Coffee -- a listing of the important headlines, news conferences, public meetings and announcements you need to know to fuel up and tackle your day.

A federal court dismissed the Department of Water and Power's lawsuit against a regulatory agency tasked with controlling dust on the Owens Lake, reports the Los Angeles Times. The lawsuit was prompted by the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District's " 2011 order that the city control dust on an additional 2.9 square miles of lake bed, a job that could cost ratepayers another $400 million," per The Times.

The Daily News endorsed Wendy Greuel for mayor. "L.A. doesn't need another smooth talker. It needs a mayor for hard times, to make sometimes unpopular moves to pull the city off the fiscal brink. Wendy Greuel can be that mayor," according to the newspaper's editorial page.

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